ERICACEAE. — RHODODENDRON 547 



Azalea ovata Lindley in Jour. Hort. Soc. London, I. 149 (1846). — Fortune in 

 Jour. Hort. Soc. London, II. 126, t. 2 (1847). — Hooker in Bot. Mag. 

 LXXXIV. t. 5064 (1858). 



Azalea myrtijolia Champion in Bot. Mag. LXXVII. sub. t. 4609 (1851). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woodlands and cliffs, alt. 

 1600-2300 m., May and November 1907 (No. 1391; bush 2-2.25 m., 

 flowers pale pink); same locality, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 719); 

 without locality, A. Henry (No. 5278). Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, 

 alt. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 (No. 1690; bush 1-1.5 m. tall, abundant). 

 Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor. Fokien: with- 

 out locality, Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Herb. Bot. Gard. 

 Hongkong, No. 2880). 



This is a not uncommon species in Hupeh, but has not been reported from farther 

 west. 



Sect. 3. TsuTSUTSi G. Don {Tsusia Planch.) 



Flowers from a terminal bud, leafy shoots from the axils of the lower scales of 

 the same bud; stamens 5-10; ovary setose. Leaves deciduous or persistent, hairy, 

 rarely glabrous. 



Rhododendron indicum (Linnaeus) Sweet, var. ignescens Sweet in 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, II. t. 128 (1833). 



Azalea indica Sims in Bot. Mag. XXXVI. t. 1480 (1812). 



Rhododendron indicum, var. puniceum Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, II. sub. t. 



128 (1833). — De Candolle, Prodr. VII. 726 (1838). 

 Rhododendron Simsii Planchon in Fl. des Serr. IX. 78 (1853). 

 Rhododendron Calleryi Planchon in Fl. des Serr. IX. 81 (1853). 

 Rhododendron indicum, var. Simsii Maximowicz in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. 



Petersbourg, ser. 7, XVII. No. IX. 38 (1870). — Franchet in £u«. Soc. Bot. 



France, XXXIII. 235 (1886). 

 Azalea indica, var. Simsii Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. I. 122 (1900). 



Kiangsi : Kuling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., abundant, July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1682; bush 1-2 m.). Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1000-1800 m., May 14 and December 1907 (No. 569; 

 bush 1-3 m. tall, flowers scarlet); Changlo Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600- 

 1300 m.. May 1907 (No. 3472; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers scarlet); 

 Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m.. May and November 1907 

 (No. 3473 ; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers scarlet) ; north and south of Ichang, 

 thickets, dry woods and cliffs, alt. 30-1300 m., May and November 

 1907 (No. 3474; bush 1-3 m. tall, flowers scarlet); " Kao-hicn-scian," 

 alt. 800 m.. May 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1701). Western Szech'uan : 

 Kiating Fu, red-sandstone hills, alt. 300-800 m.. May 1908 (No. 

 3475; bush 1-1.5 m. tall, flowers scarlet); Mt. Omei, May 1904 (Veitch 



